chis. Philost

d a whole train of men at his back. His friends when they caught sight of him crowded round to get their greetings in. I made out in the train his man who w

ll to Zeus who guards the stranger and Athene who rules the battle! My mistress was always trying to find out how you were doin

an to Parmenon: 'Did you and your master's ears burn, Parmenon?' I said; 'mistress was always talking of him and crying; and when any one ca

at was rig

t on to the other questions. And he said

word of how Polemon had talked or though

ueer-shaped ring with one of those three-coloured stones, the outer part red. I left him when he wanted to give me the history of how they crossed the Halys and killed somebody called Tiridates, and how Polemon distinguished himself in the battle

rom him; and he is a merchant, and if he keeps all his promises--. And on the other hand, it is a pity not to be at home to Polemon now he is

ere he

am I to do? I shall

ere is Phil

e of me? oh that the ea

dear, where

e it!) Ah, Polemon, so you a

me on the wings of love-the whole way from Thermopylae in five days; and all for a woman like thi

o may you b

ou? late colonel, now general of division, and Pannychis's lo

ne talent, and will have another as soon as my cargoes are disposed of. Co

t is for her to say whether

shall I d

ngry to talk to now, and a little j

you think so,

time how to part soul from body. Parmenon, the Thracians. Full armour, battle array, this alley

der whether you ever shed as much blood as runs in a cock's veins, or ever looked on war; to stretch

when you look upon our serri

us-I have only one man, you see-will scatter you so wide with a f